Numerical study of the aerodynamic effects of septoplasty and partial lateral turbinectomy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 330-334

  Ozlugedik, Samet ^a,b,e   Nakiboglu, Gunes ^c   Sert, Cuneyt ^d   Elhan, Alaittin ^b   Tonuk, Ergin ^d   Akyar, Serdar ^b   Tekdemir, Ibrahim ^b  

^a Numune Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ROKETSAN Missiles Industries Inc   (Turkey)

^d MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e Ankara University School of Medicine ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Concha bullosa; Nasal cavity; Numerical simulation; Septal deviation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SEPTUM RECONSTRUCTION; PARANASAL SINUS; PARTIAL LATERAL TURBINECTOMY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY; AIR; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; NOSE SEPTUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TURBINATE;

AIR; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NASAL SEPTUM; RHINOPLASTY; TURBINATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 40949135367     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e318159aa26     Document Type: Article

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